RE: E-prime -an interesting article.

Yes, I found the article interesting, but it suffers
from the same flaw as many other articles about
E-prime: it does not make clear the distinction
between the "is of identity" and the "is of
existance".

The English verb "to be" has two meanings, "to be
identicle to" and "to exist". IT IS ONLY THE FORMER
THAT E-PRIME WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT TO ABOLISH.

Since the idea was invented, sploppy thinking has
allowed the idea of "E-prime" to change, so that some
people will even say that the sentence:

A last point: Any living language changes. English
especially has prospered by having no absolute
authorities to prevent new words from being used. I
suspect that if the "is of identity" did not exist in
any real modern culture (which excludes "Klingon"), it
would be invented in a single generation. This renders
E-prime mainly a useful philisophical idea, not a
realistic goal.